Category: Wildlife Gardening
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Beekeeping
Part of the gardening for wildlife, ecology, habitat management and meadow work Gareth and his team carry out, beekeeping is one of the services provided. The ‘original’ apiary at Aust in South Gloucestershire. What started as three hives soon expanded into a decent size apiary with swarms and division to manage the thriving bee colonies.…
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Wildflowers
Meadows and hedgerows. Grassland management for lawns, glades, orchards and fields. An experienced field botanist and ecologist with many years experience of maintaining gardens and landscapes, Gareth can provide both expert advice and practical help in creating and managing grasslands for wildlfowers. Brushcutters, mowers, tractors, leaf-blowers, rakes and pitchforks, an armoury of tools for the…
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Historic Landscapes: Renovation, Restoration or Rewilding?
Part of the on-going estate management at a property nestled between Bristol and Bath, Gareth and his team are focusing on the wider landscape whilst the restoration (renovation?) of the listed Victorian villa carries on apace. This site overlooks the River Boyd in South Gloucestershire, an area know as Golden Valley. Evolving out of European…
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Constructing a Wildlife Friendly Pond
A focal point to a landscape design project in North Somerset was the construction of a wetland habitat (or contemporary water feature depending on your point of view). The pond features a striking hardwood decking overhanging the waterbody, with lighting and contemporary materials. The sloping profile suits plants, animals and habitats of different depths, with…
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Planting a New Orchard
A gently sloping field, just under half an acre, facing south west, in Abbots Leigh in North Somerset, a village just across from Bristol’s Clifton Suspension Bridge. It would have been difficult to think of anything other than planting an orchard here. A traditional orchard in the SW would often have its individual trees spaced…